jquery removing html element from variable

Question

I have html saved in a variable

var  itinerary =  $('.events_today').html() ;

I have lots of html and one button I want to remove. It has the id "myButton". How can I remove it from the html saved in my variable

Answer 1

I suggest this approach

var itinerary = $('.events_today')
                .clone(true)       /* get a clone of the element and from it */
                .find('#myButton') /* retrieve the button, then */
                .remove()          /* remove it, */
                .end()             /* return to the previous selection and */
                .html() ;          /* get the html */

Answer 2

Try this:

itinerary.filter(function() { return $(this).not("#myButton"); });